Anne Charles Basset Montaigu

Anne Charles Basset de Montaigu
Born10 June 1751 (1751-06-10)
Versailles
Died8 May 1821 (1821-05-09) (aged 69)
Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Allegiance Kingdom of France
 French First Republic
France First French Empire
Service / branchMaréchaussée until 1791 reform. Infantry.
Years of service1768–1811
RankGeneral of Division
Battles / warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsChevalier, Legion of Honor

Anne Charles Basset de Montaigu, (French pronunciation: [an ʃaʁl basɛ mɔ̃tɛɡy]) born 10 June 1751 in Versailles (Yvelines), died 8 May 1821 at Lunéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle) was a general of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Tainted by his association with Charles Pichegru, he was cleared by a courts-martial in 1797, and served subsequently in the Army of the Danube and in the Grande Armée until his retirement from military service in 1811.